Apparatus for preserving pickled goods.



No. 630,669. v Patented Aug. 8,, I899.

' J. H. DALE & T. C. GREEN.

APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING PICKLED GOODS.

(Application filad hfqy 12, 1899.]

(No Model.) I 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

JOHNIT. DALE AND THOMAS C. GREEN, OF AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS.

APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING PICKLED GOODS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,669, dated August8, 1899.

Application filed May 12, 1899. Serial No. 716,520. (No model.)

&c., of which the following is a specification.

Our invention is a device for preserving krout, pigs feet, and the like.

Our device consists of a barrel or like was sel, clamps to be secured tothe edge of the...

barrel, aweight to press and to hold down the material to be preserved,a plunger secured to said weight, a lever to press said plunger down,and means for holding said lever in place.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a view of Fig. 1, partly in section,the weight,plunger, and lever being shown in the dotted lines as thrown back. Fig.3 is a perspective View of the weight, plunger, and plunger-pin. Fig. 4is a perspective View of one of the clamps and thumb-catch for holdingthe free end of the lever down. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of theother clamp, having in its upper end a bearing in which is fulcrumed oneend of the lever.

Ourinvention isdescribed as follows: 1 represents a barrel; 2, a cleatsecured to the up-' per end of the barrel by means of a thumbscrew 3.Said cleat is provided with a shoulder 4, which rests on the upper endof the barrel. Said shoulder is provided with a projection 5, (see Fig.2,) so that it may fit over the chime of the barrel, sothat the cleatwill not slip 0E. In the upper end of the cleat 2 is a slot 6, whichserves as a bearing for one end of the lever 7. The lever 7 is pivotedin the bearing 6 by means of a bolt 8. The end of the lever 7 isprovided with a projection 9, so

that when it is thrown back, as indicated by the dotted lines, Fig. 2 itwill rest against the outer face of the cleat 2 and hold the lever justa little beyond a vertical line, so that it will not fall back over thebarrel of its own weight. This lever 7 is provided near its lefthand endwith a slot 10, in which Works a perforated plunger'll. This plunger isprovided with a number of perforations 12, covering its entire length.To the lower end of this plunger is secured a detachable weight 13 forthe purpose of packing the material into the barrel and for keeping itunder pres to pack the material in the barrel or keg Whether it benearly full or nearly empty. On the other side of the barrel andimmediately opposite cleat 2 is another cleat 15, se-

cured to the barrel byathnmlmscrew 16.

This cleat 15 is provided with a shoulderlT'og which fits on the top ofthe barrel, and with aprojection 18, which fits over the chime of thebarrel to keep the cleat from coming 01f. Integral with the cleat 15 andextending above the same is a neck 19, and on the top of the neck 19 ispivoted a thumb-latch. 20. The thumb-latch 20 and the neck 19 areadapted to pass through a slot 21 in the lever 7, and when so passedthrough the said thumb-latch 20 may be turned across the slot, and whenso turned it holds the said lever down against the shoulders 22 of thecleat 15. The slots 10 and 21 enable us to fit the lever to a barrel orkeg.

The operation of this device is very simple. 8o

' The materialto be pickled or preserved is put into the barrel,and whenthe material is such as needs packing it is packed by means of theweight 13, plunger-rod 11, and lever 7, and

when the material is sufficiently packed the weight 18 is adjusted so asto keep the material down by means of the plunger-pin passing throughone of the perforations 12 in the plunger and in such position as tobear against the under face of the lever when the lever is 0 down. Thefree end of the lever is then turned down, while the thumb-latch 20 andneck 10 pass through its slot 21. The thumblatch 20 is then turnedacross the slot and holds the lever down.

When it is desired to remove any of the contents of the barrel, thelever is thrown back in the position as shown by the dotted lines andthe drippage runs back into the barrel.

Having described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the barrel 1, of cleat IOO 52, provided with ashoulder 4:, projection 5 and slot 6; oleat 15, provided with shoulder17, projection 18, neck 19, and thumb-latch 20; lever 7, pivoted in slot6 and provided with projection 9, slots 10 and 21; plungerll, providedwith perforations 12 and having secured to its lower end weight 13, andplunger-pin 14, adapted to fit in any one of the perforations 12,substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with a vessel substantially as shown, the cleat 2,provided with a shoulder 4 and a slot 6; cleat 15, provided with ashoulder 17, neck 19 and thumb-latch

